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"Before antibiotics and antiseptics, healers across ancient Egypt, Greece, and
China reached for honey to treat wounds. Archaeological evidence shows humans
have been harvesting and collecting honey for thousands of years – and for much
of that time, we understood it to be more than just food.
Today, honey sits in most kitchen cupboards as a perfectly ordinary pantry
staple. But honey has never entirely shed its medicinal reputation. And modern
research shows us why: it possesses genuine antimicrobial properties, capable
of killing or inhibiting a wide range of bacteria, including drug-resistant
strains.
This matters now more than ever. Antimicrobial resistance – where bacteria
evolve to survive drugs designed to kill them – is one of the defining public
health crises of our time. Infections caused by these resistant microbes are
becoming harder and more expensive to treat, creating an urgent need for
alternative therapies.
Our new study, published in the journal
MicrobiologyOpen, shows honeys from
Australia’s native flora might be a big part of the solution."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
